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The Emergency 
Garden 
THOSE PLANTS WHICH MAY BE GROWN FROM SEED 
AFTER THE FIRST OF JUNE AND SATISFACTORY 
POTTED PLANTS THAT MAY BE SET OUT TO GIVE 
THE RENTED HOUSE GARDEN ATTRACTIVENESS- 
SUMMER BLOOM FOR THE DELINQUENT PLANTER 
B Y D. E. L A Y 
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T HERE is no use of living in the country if you have no 
flowers. The home in the city as a base from which ex¬ 
cursions are made into the country 
would be a better way about it. But 
the vacation home, the rented house 
— how about that? So often the 
expectations of a country cottage 
fail because it is thought impossible 
to start bloom that amounts to any¬ 
thing after the first part of June, 
when the average occupant moves 
to a summer home. Such is not the 
case; even if you do not commence 
your hegira to the country until the 
early part of June, there is still 
hope for you. Here are some ways 
to get the full effect of living in the 
country, even though your house 
may be a temporary one and one 
rented only for the summer months. 
The best plan would be to lay 
out your garden early and consult 
with the local horticulturist, hiring him to attend to the planting 
of your favorite blooms before you take occupancy. This is not 
always possible, however, so one must be content with the flowers 
that may be sown or planted 
after June first. 
There are a number of de¬ 
lightfully effective plants that 
may be sown at that time. 
Sweet alyssum, with its white 
brilliance, flowers a month 
from the time the seed is 
sown, and there are many 
more which will bloom in 
August from June sowings. 
A number of other choice va¬ 
rieties bloom until the frost 
catches them. Let us take 
them in alphabetical order: 
Alyssum. — White plants 
growing to six inches in 
height, having a pleasant fra¬ 
grance about the tiny flowers. 
Alyssum will be extremely de¬ 
sirable for borders beside 
paths and at the edges of beds. 
It is particularly effective also before dark foliage and accom¬ 
plishes much in covering bare spots. Sow at intervals. 
Antirrhinum. — The snapdragon 
in single colors is very beautiful in 
dark reds, pinks, yellows and white. 
If planted early in June in a well- 
enriched and finely prepared hed 
should blossom by early fall. 
Asters. — Wonderful effects for 
fall appearance may be had if the 
best aster seeds are purchased. 
There are many wonderful varie¬ 
ties of these plants greatly im¬ 
proved. If planting is not made 
later than the first week in June re¬ 
sults may be had early in Septem¬ 
ber. 
Calendula. — A very hardy an¬ 
nual, sometimes called pot mari¬ 
gold. The flowers are large, flat and 
aster-like, but excellent for cutting, 
and provide a choice of flowers 
shading from gold through orange to white. Sow lightly and thin 
out. 
California Poppy. — The brilliantly petalled flower so common 
in the West, blooms quickly 
from seed, and has blossoms 
all summer long that are 
decorative as cut flowers. 
Whole beds of these plants 
are very effective, not only for 
the color of the bloom, but 
also for the grayish, delicate 
foliage. 
Candytuft.—Also a dwarf, 
white edging plant, some¬ 
what resembling sweet alys¬ 
sum, but the plants are taller 
and the flowers larger. These 
seeds may be scattered thinly 
and finely and the growing 
plants thinned out. Also use¬ 
ful for window boxes. 
Annual Coreopsis. — Simply 
sow the seed and thin out the 
plants. Caliopsis (as it is also 
known) is extremely easy of 
A box hedge takes many years to grow ; kochia gives a surprising effect 
in a single summer. Rose moss is growing here in the foreground 
Even if there was not time to plant a garden, give the house some touch of floral 
brightness. Porch or window-boxes accomplish much. The trailing variegated 
vinca is a graceful box plant 
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